Dr Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud; CJ.

1. This Full Bench has been constituted in pursuance of an order dated 27 July 2015 of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in State of Uttar Pradesh Vs Shiv Kumar Pathak[Civil Appeal Nos.4347-4375 of 2014 and I.A Nos.2 and 3 in writ petition (Civil) No. 167 of 2015] and connected cases. The Supreme Court directed that all matters before the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, both at Allahabad and Lucknow, relating to Shiksha Mitras shall be heard by a Full Bench at Allahabad. In pursuance of the order passed by the Supreme Court, the writ petitions relating to Shiksha Mitras which were pending before the Lucknow Bench have been transferred to Allahabad in pursuance of the provisions of Clause 14 of the United Provinces High Courts (Amalgamation) Order, 1948.

II Scope of the challenge

In the leading writ petition, [Writ A No.34833 of 2014] the relief which has been sought, is for setting aside two notifications which were issued on 30 May 2014 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for notifying the Uttar Pradesh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (First Amendment) Rules, 2014 [RTE Rules of 2014] and the Uttar Pradesh Basic Educatio